ESPN Power Rankings Week 3 - Giants Back to Square One

Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger The Giants need an impressive win this weekend in their new home to move up in the "power rankings".

It is everybody's favorite time of the week, as ESPN has released their Week 3 NFL "Power Rankings". Not surprisingly, the Giants have slipped back three spots to 19th, exactly where they were week one. The Giants are also the lowest ranked NFC East team (Washington Redskins - 14th, Philadelphia Eagles - 16th, and Dallas Cowboys - 17th). However, some might be pleased to see that the ESPN panel of experts have not completely given up on the Giants just yet, as they are still ranked ahead of two 2-0 teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs, and in front of a San Francisco 49ers team that looked impressive in a loss to the Saints on Monday night.

I can't argue too much with these rankings. I believe the Giants are just about where they deserve to be at this point considering their performance so far this season. I am hoping that they will be motivated by people writing them off and will also try to make up for the embarrassing performance last Sunday night. I am looking for them to come out with some serious fire at home on Sunday. Lastly, I happen to completely agree with ESPN's NFC East blogger Matt Mosley's reaction to the Giants' ranking:

I think almost any team in the league was going to get punished in a Sunday night game in Indy with the Colts coming off a humiliating effort in Houston. I'm almost willing to give the Giants a pass in that game and it looks like Clayton sort of agrees with me. He gave the Giants their best score at 16 but Kuharsky and Walker, both resentful of the NFC East's rabid fan base, had them at No. 20.

As always, I would love to hear your thoughts on the rankings and where you believe the Giants deserve to be ranked.